College Baseball Player Dismissed From Team For Vulgar Mo'ne Davis Tweet

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Bloomsburg University baseball player has been dismissed from the team for an offensive Twitter post about Little League World Series star Mo'ne Davis.

The user account belonging to Joey Casselberry had been deactivated as of Saturday night, but screen captures of the tweet show that the player used an offensive word while criticizing news that a Disney Channel movie was being made about Davis.

Casselberry called Davis a "slut," and made reference to her loss to Nevada during the LLWS.

Bloomsburg announced the dismissal of the junior first baseman on Twitter. The university in Pennsylvania said it was "deeply saddened" by the player's tweet.

But it appears that Davis has forgiven Casselberry for his tasteless comment. In a letter obtained by CBS2's Steve Overmyer, Davis requested that Casselberry be reinstated.

The letter reads:

To: Dr. Soltz, President, Bloomsburg University

Dear Dr. Soltz,

I am writing about the Tweet sent out by your baseball player, Joey Casselberry, and his dismissal from the team because of it.  While I admit I was pretty hurt when I read his comments, I felt sad that he was dismissed from the team.  As many people know, my dream is to play college basketball and maybe even professionally.  I know how much hard work and dedication it will take to get there, and to have that dream taken away would be heartbreaking.  I am sure Joey Casselberry has worked very hard to get where he is and dreams of playing in the major leagues.  For this reason, I'm asking you to please allow him back on the team so that he can continue to chase his dream.  He made one dumb mistake.  I'm sure he would go back and change it if he could.  We all make mistakes and deserve to be forgiven.  I hope you will give him a second chance and allow him to play.

Thanks.

Mo'ne Davis

Davis, from Philadelphia, was the first girl to earn a win and pitch a shutout in the LLWS last summer, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

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